Effective April 1, 2014, the City of Charlotte, Planning Department will require Electronic Plan (EPlan) submissions for all subdivision applications. A Portable Document Format (PDF) file type will be required for documents submitted with the following application types:

Customers will complete an electronic application creating a subdivision record type and attach the plans along with any other documentation by accessing Accela Citizen Access. Customers will no longer submit paper plans or plans via email.

Subdivision reviewers will utilize Electronic Document Review (EDR) for the review of plan submittals. EDR is a fully integrated feature within Accela Automation that leverages Adobe® Acrobat® to provide review and markup of documents in the PDF format.

Once review comments are available customers will receive notification via an automated email regarding the status of their project. Customers may address review comments and resubmit via Accela Citizen Access. At the conclusion of the review cycle reviewers will attach an electronically stamped “approved” plan to the subdivision record followed by a notification of approval for the project.

Fee Payment:

Electronic fee payments are currently not included in the EPlan Submission and Review Process. All Subdivision fee payments should be submitted to the City Land Development Counter - 1st Floor of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center. To begin the plan review process all fee payments are due at the time of the initial plan submission.